Chapter 85: Intra-team competition
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On the evening of April 20, Gu Yang and Li Ning just returned to the training base and met Zhang Rong.
At this moment, Zhang Rong is holding a list of candidates for the men's singles at the Japan Open.
"Gu Yang, Li Ning, Wang Junwen, Wang Bo, Dong Xinshan, Wang Ziwen, Huang Qin, Li Haodong!" Zhang Rong read the names of the eight people unhurriedly.
"Tomorrow, in the training base of the city sports team, there will be a list of four people who will go to the Japan Open from the eight of you, three men's singles and one substitute." Zhang Rongdao.
The next day, the training base was ......
Gu Yang and the other eight people were lined up one by one, and Zhang Rong, Shan Guotao and other coaches all looked serious and did not smile.
"Let's get started!"
Gu Yang drew lots for eight people to decide his opponent. Soon the list of the two sides was confirmed: Gu Yang/Li Haodong, Li Ning/Wang Ziwen, Wang Junwen/Wang Bo, Dong Xinshan/Huang Qin.
The four groups of games started at the same time, and the training base was lively for a while.
Li Haodong served: "Young Emperor, I have admired my name for a long time, and it is an honor to fight with you today." ”
Gu Yang smiled: "Come on, play a game without regrets." ”
Table tennis!
With the swing of Li Haodong's racket, the game officially began.
At the beginning, Li Haodong sent a decent topspin ball, Gu Yang went to the stage, shortened, Li Haodong moved to the right side of the table, got started in the table, and picked up the ball.
Gu Yang smashed, Li Haodong stepped back, and slashed the ball back.
Gu Yang moved to the left side of the table and cut the ball with a board.
Li Haodong walked quickly to the front of the stage and gently rubbed the paddle under the ball, but the spinning force of the return ball exceeded his expectations, and the sliding paddle flew out.
0:1, Gu Yang easily broke serve.
"Sure enough, he is the young emperor, and his name is well deserved." Li Haodong shook his head helplessly.
Gu Yang waved his hand: "This is just the beginning, please get serious!" ”
"Ah...... Be! Li Haodong lifted his spirits and sent another ball.
Gu Yang holds the racket with his forehand, and when he meets the ball, his upper arm drives his forearm to swing the racket to the left front.
At the moment when the racket touched the ball, Gu Yang quickly rotated his forearm inward, and at the same time his wrist made a shaking whipping motion.
When swinging the racket, Gu Yang changed his posture, leaned his paddle slightly forward, aimed at the right side of the incoming ball and rubbed it to the upper right, and played a rather beautiful sharp downspin serve.
This running ball (sharp downspin serve) is fast, the landing point is long, and it has a certain right side of the topspin force, the flight arc is low, and the most important thing is that the flight arc is deviating to the right side of Li Haodong.
At this moment, Li Haodong was on the far left side of the table, and the moment he saw Gu Yang coming to the ball, he shouted that it was not good, and he stepped out in a single step, and at the same time stretched his arm forward, still unable to return to the sky.
0:2, Gu Yang successfully scored two points.
"Is it my turn?" Gu Yang held the ball in the palm of his hand, and while throwing the ball upwards with his left hand, his waist turned slightly to the left, and his right upper arm rotated inward to the left side of his abdomen.
The backhand spins the serve on the right side, and Gu Yang's serve is biased to the right, looking as if he was attracted by Li Haodong.
It looks like Li Haodong is in the direction of the incoming ball and is very easy to hit back.
However, the ball rotated and changed, and Li Haodong was too close to the side of the table, and his backhand was not enough, so he slid the ball and flew out again.
0:3, Gu Yang scored three points in a row, and his momentum soared.
On the other side, the competition between Li Ning and Wang Ziwen is also in full swing.
After Yang Hui's guidance and his own exploration and practice, Li Ning's ball control ability has been perfected, and Li Ning's return ball landing point is extremely weird, and every ball makes Wang Ziwen tired.
Soon, the first game between the two sides ended with Li Ning's victory: 11:6, Li Ning took the lead.
"Yes, these two boys have made great progress, even if Li Haodong and Wang Ziwen are the champions of their respective provincial teams, they are not the opponents of Gu and Li, they have grown up...... Soon. Zhang Rong sighed.
Shan Guotao nodded, and at the same time spoke: "Lao Zhang, don't be confused with me, I'll ask you, the two of them ...... Is it favored by the national team? ”
When Zhang Rong heard this, he frowned slightly: "Although it hasn't been determined yet, it should be about the same." It should be after this Japan Open, the news from the national team will come. ”
Shan Guotao sighed: "My disciple is about to leave, and I am really a little reluctant." ”
Zhang Rong smiled: "You, you are easy to be emotional." ”
"By the way, Hades came back some time ago?" Shan Guotao asked suddenly.
"Well, it seems to be...... He is not on the list for the World Championships. Zhang Rong whispered.
"Good!"
Gu Yang's exclamation interrupted the thoughts of the two coaches, and when the two looked at the court, they saw that the scoreboard flipped by the referee was already 8:11, which was the score of the second game.
As for the first game, Gu Yang ended the battle 3:11 early and won neatly.
In this second game, Li Haodong obviously found his state, which caused a lot of obstacles to Gu Yang.
"The third game." Li Haodong touched the ball and frowned.
Who wouldn't want to win if they were able to come here? Even if my opponent is the Young Emperor, what does it matter, defeat the Young Emperor, and I will be more famous than the Young Emperor!
Li Haodong threw the ball high and played a covered serve, Gu Yang moved quickly, stepped out with a sliding step, and shot back.
Wipe the net!
Li Haodong took a quick step forward, straightened his forearm, and laid the racket flat on the table, and when the ball fell from the net line onto his own table, he pressed the racket down.
At this moment, the ball had just bounced up to a height of ten centimeters, and Li Haodong's racket was pressed down fiercely. At this moment, his racket leaned forward slightly.
Bang!
The table tennis ball grazed the net line and shot onto Gu Yang's table, and then bounced up in an instant, surpassing Gu Yang's size, and was still rising.
"I'll make a list, this way of playing!" Gu Yang grinned and quickly stepped back.
It wasn't until Gu Yang retreated to a place three or four meters away from the edge of the table that he raised his hand, stretched the ball, hung the ball, and landed in the right half of Li Haodong's table.
Table tennis!
Li Haodong smashed it, and the ball flew three or four meters away from the table, Gu Yang stepped out in a single step, came to the bottom of the table tennis ball, and raised his hand again.
Li Haodong couldn't change the way of the ball, and he smashed again, Gu Yang stepped out in another single step, raising his hand to lengthen the arc.
At this moment, the two of them fell into a state of holding each other, Gu Yang ran left and right three or four meters away from the table, and Li Haodong kept smashing in front of his own stage, while preventing the appearance of sliding rackets.
It wasn't until the end of the sixth round that Gu Yang made a mistake in stretching the arc, returned the ball and wiped the net, and did not cross the line, and this protracted battle came to an end.
1:0, Li Haodong scored.
"Haha, this round is very beautiful!" Zhang Rong said with a smile, the two children on the field were still sweating and fighting, both of them were stubborn and unwilling to admit defeat.
"Victory, Dong Xinshan defeated Huang Qin 4:1 and qualified for the Japan Open." The referee was there.
"Hey, is there already a fight?" Gu Yang turned his head to look and wiped his sweat with his hands.
His match with Li Haodong has entered the fourth game, and the scores of the first three games are: 3:11, 8:11, 11:9.